Welcome to Getting Curious. I'm Jonathan Van Ness and every week I sit down for a 40-minute

conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.

On today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Adam Ratner, director of the division of pediatric

infectious diseases and has and felt children's hospital at NYU Langon Health. Where we discuss

what germs are, how they make us sick, and whether I should be cleaning with bleach

or the entirety of my public spaces I come in contact with.

I'm very excited you guys for this episode. We have Dr. Adam Ratner. He is the director

of the division of pediatric infectious diseases. It has and felt children's hospital at NYU Langon

Health.

Be and Vanitos. Thank you. Great to be here. Thanks so much for coming. So you're a literal

doctor and you are a doctor of infectious diseases. This is why you're here because it started

off I was thinking that the title would be like this. Is it weird that or do you think

that people think that I'm weird when I get on an airplane and immediately start wiping

down my whole station with those disinfecting wet ones wipes? Because that started happening

to me and I was like, I wonder if people are thinking that I'm a little intense with

that. And then I was like, that title might be too long when I was talking to my friend

Emily who helps us book the show. And so I was like, I think any of you think an infectious

disease doctor to talk about how do germs work? Absolutely. So first of all, you are not

the only one wiping down your seat like that. I am sure. And the short answer about

do you need to do that is probably not, although if it makes you feel better, it is okay

to do.

It's easier than that. Obviously airplanes are not real life all the time. They have become

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